

≡ 黄炳 Wong Ping
闪缩练习Shifty Eyes Exercise, 2021
场域特定装置 Site-specific installation
180 × 180 × 250 cm
UCCA Edge 委托创作,致谢艺术家与马凌画廊
Commission by UCCA Edge,
courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery
图片由UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心提供
Image courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
正在展出 Current Exhibition
群展 Group Exhibition
“城市剧场:喜剧四幕”
"Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts"
展期 Date: 2021.5.22 - 2022.5.22
地址 Address: UCCA Edge
上海静安区盈凯文创广场
UCCA Edge
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图片由UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心提供
Image courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
自开馆日当天,UCCA Edge为公众呈现为期一年的户外展览项目“城市剧场:喜剧四幕”,以艺术家曹斐、黄炳、笹本晃的特定场域创作和欧文·沃姆的户外装置作品,将UCCA Edge的户外露台转变为激发思考的公共艺术空间,为上海公众构建一个开放、流动、触发好奇与交流的艺术现场。
“城市剧场:喜剧四幕”的灵感源自古希腊的露天剧场。“剧场”一词最早来源于希腊文“Theatron”,意为“一个为了观看的地方”。早在2500年前,古希腊诞生了人类历史上最为悠久灿烂的戏剧文明。露天剧场作为当时人们聚集活动的中心,在上演反映当时社会生活、经济与文化戏剧的同时,亦发挥了凝聚民众精神,助力文化传播的作用。受古希腊露天剧场的形式、功能和影响的启发,基于对UCCA Edge地处国际化大都市核心区域的考量,“城市剧场:喜剧四幕”以UCCA Edge的建筑特质为切入点,特别邀请艺术家曹斐、黄炳、笹本晃在位于四层的环形户外露台展开艺术实践,以三件特定场域作品和欧文·沃姆的户外装置作品激发公众与艺术的互动,构建一座介入城市肌理,悬浮于都市上空的“城市剧场”。此次展出的四件作品在创作上皆突出“喜剧”风格,借助幽默辛辣、不羁讽刺的艺术表达贴近大众生活,与公众产生自然联结与情感共振,在为城市提供鲜活、自由、多元的艺术体验的同时,推动艺术走出美术馆的“围墙”,为公众理解艺术提供崭新视角,激发公众对艺术的本质、人与城市的关系、公共艺术如何构建城市精神等议题展开思考。


≡ 黄炳 Wong Ping
闪缩练习Shifty Eyes Exercise, 2021
场域特定装置 Site-specific installation
180 × 180 × 250 cm
UCCA Edge 委托创作,致谢艺术家与马凌画廊
Commission by UCCA Edge,
courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery
图片由UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心提供
Image courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
黄炳在UCCA Edge南侧露台创作的装置《闪缩练习》,利用半透明亚克力装置内伸出的软管象征都市人闪烁的眼神,藉由充放气时软管的不同状态比拟人们时而好奇的凝视窥私,时而游移躲闪的视线。
(文字来自UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心)




≡ 黄炳 Wong Ping
闪缩练习Shifty Eyes Exercise, 2021
场域特定装置 Site-specific installation
180 × 180 × 250 cm
UCCA Edge 委托创作,致谢艺术家与马凌画廊
Commission by UCCA Edge,
courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery
图片由UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心提供
Image courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
From May 22, 2021 to May 22, 2022, UCCA Edge presents the year-long outdoor exhibition "Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts." The group show transforms the wraparound outdoor terrace of the museum into a thought-provoking space for public art and an open and fluid setting to stimulate new curiosity and interactions with art for the museum's new audience in Shanghai.
"Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts" is inspired by the outdoor theater of ancient Greece. The word "theater" first appeared in the Greek language as "theatron," translated to mean "a place for viewing." The oldest history of the theater in human civilization can be traced back to around 2,500 years ago in ancient Greece, where open-air theaters were the center of public life and gatherings. The ancient Greek dramas performed for the public at the theater reflected a range of life in society, the economy, and culture at the time, while functioning to unite its citizens and aiding in the spread of culture. Inspired by the form, practical function, and legacy of the ancient Greek theater, as well as the unique position of Shanghai as a globalized city and metropolitan center, UCCA Edge has commissioned artists Cao Fei (b. 1978, Guangzhou), Aki Sasamoto (b. 1980, Kanagawa, Japan), and Wong Ping (b. 1984, Hong Kong) for site-specific artworks in “Urban Theater: A Comedy in Four Acts,” based on the architectural attributes of the wraparound outdoor terrace on the fourth floor of the museum. Together, these three site-specific installations and an outdoor installation by Erwin Wurm (b. 1954 Bruck an der Mur, Austria) present four comedic acts to the public in an elevated "urban theater," weaved into the urban fabric with the city as its backdrop. The four works in the exhibition owe themselves to the relatable comedy found in the organic connections and emotions of everyday life, at times humorous, spicy, irreverent, or satirical. Breaking outside the walls of the museum and furnishing a fresh, accessible, and distinctive encounter with art in the city, this exhibition is designed to provide the public with new perspectives on contemporary art and to inspire reflections on questions such as the the nature of public art, the relationship between humans and cities, and how public art contributes to the urban spirit.

≡ 黄炳 Wong Ping
闪缩练习Shifty Eyes Exercise, 2021
场域特定装置 Site-specific installation
180 × 180 × 250 cm
UCCA Edge 委托创作,致谢艺术家与马凌画廊
Commission by UCCA Edge,
courtesy the artist and Edouard Malingue Gallery
图片由UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心提供
Image courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
In Wong Ping's Shifty Eyes Exercise (2021) on the south terrace, the inflatable tubes extending from inside a semi-transparent acrylic structure represent the flickering gaze of urbanites. Whether curious and inquisitive, or adrift and dodgy, the expression in their eyes could be seen externalized in the various states of the inflatable tubes.
- Courtesy of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
艺术家简介 About the artist
闪烁活泼的影像;对性、政治和社会关系毫无保留的视觉和听觉叙述;将艺术家的诡奇动画世界活灵活现的装置作品——这些都是黄炳(1984年生于香港)的创作元素。他的作品集愚蒙与色彩于一身,在性抑压、个人情感和政治时弊之间展开讨论,借骇人而诙谐的视觉语言,诠释他自少年时期起对社会的观察。作为备受关注的年轻香港艺术家,黄炳曾受迈阿密当代艺术机构、巴塞尔美术馆、古根海姆美术馆、M+以及NOWNESS等知名机构之邀委托创作作品,并曾获颁弗里兹卡姆登艺术中心新兴艺术家奖、华宇青年奖之评委会大奖、香港艺术发展奖之艺术新秀奖等奖项。黄炳曾于蓬皮杜当代艺术中心、迈阿密当代艺术机构、卡姆登艺术中心、巴塞尔美术馆等重要艺术机构举办个展,亦曾广泛参加国际上的重大展览,包括于卢森堡让大公现代美术馆、都灵OGR Torino、纽约古根海姆美术馆、纽约新美术馆三年展、乌拉尔当代艺术工业双年展。黄炳的作品收藏于香港M+、巴黎/旧金山卡蒂斯特艺术基金、纽约古根海姆美术馆、釜山当代美术馆等机构。他的动画影片亦受到众多国际影展的青睐,当中包括著名的鹿特丹国际影展、圣丹斯电影节、伦敦短片电影节和慕尼黑Kino der Kunst艺术电影节。2019年,黄炳的动画作品《黄炳寓言(一)》在第48届鹿特丹国际影展上赢得Ammodo Tiger短片竞赛大奖;翌年,其系列续作《黄炳寓言(二)》更再度荣获该影展评委的特别提及荣誉。

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Image courtesy of the artist
Flashing, pop-like imagery; visual and auditory narrations that explicitly touch upon sex, politics and social relations; vibrant installations that extend into three dimensions of the artist’s fantastical animation world – these are but cornerstones of Wong Ping’s (b. 1984) practice. Discussing his observations of society, from teenage to adulthood, his works combine the crass and the colourful to mount a discourse around repressed sexuality, personal sentiments and political limitations. As one of Hong Kong’s most exciting emerging artists, Wong Ping has been commissioned to create works by significant institutions including ICA Miami, Kunsthalle Basel, Guggenheim, M+ and NOWNESS. He was awarded Camden Arts Centre Emerging Arts Prize at Frieze, Huayu Youth Award Jury Prize, Young Artist Award by Hong Kong Arts Development Awards and more. He has held solo exhibitions at major institutions including Pompidou Center, ICA Miami, Camden Arts Centre, Kunsthalle Basel; and participated significant exhibitions internationally at MUDAM Luxembourg, OGR Torino, Guggenheim Museum, New Museum Triennial, Ural Industrial Biennial, amongst others. Wong’s work is held in several permanent collections including M+, Hong Kong, KADIST, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York MoCa Busan, amongst others. His animation films have been presented at numerous film festivals worldwide, including the famous Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, and Kino der Kunst. In 2019, his film ‘Wong Ping’s Fables 1’ was the winner of The Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, who gave a special mention to its sequel ‘Wong Ping’s Fables 2’ in the following year.
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